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George Avakian
- Oral History
George Avakian produced so many pop and jazz recordings over his 50 plus year career with several labels it might be easier to list the recording
The NAMM Foundation Invites Music Educators to Attend ‘Music Education Days’ at the 2010 NAMM Show
- Press Release
The NAMM Foundation today announced that it is inviting school music educators to attend the third annual “Music Education Days” event at
NAMM Counters Misinformation Surrounding Class Action Lawsuits
- Press Release
On September 11, 2009, NAMM was named a defendant in a class action lawsuit filed by David Giambusso on behalf of himself and others similarly situated. The...
Myung-Sool Min
- Oral History
Myung‑Sool Min has become one of the most successful music retailers in Korean history.
Gordon Keller
- Oral History
Gordon Keller owned and operated a string of piano stores in and around northern Virginia and became a much-celebrated figure in the area due to
Ray Manzarek
- Oral History
Ray Manzarek founded the iconic rock band The Doors on the beach in Venice in 1965 with his friend from UCLA film school, Jim Morrison.
Gary Kramer
- Oral History
Gary Kramer broke into the music products industry, with partner Travis Bean, when they unveiled the innovative all aluminum guitar neck design i
Neil A. Kjos Jr.
- Oral History
Neil A. Kjos, Jr. took over the music publishing company that his father, Neil A. Kjos, Sr. had formed in 1936.
Danny Henkin
- Oral History
Danny Henkin was one of the true characters of the music products industry. He began his career with G.
Paul Heid
- Oral History
Paul Heid grew up in the music retail world.
Lee Worsley
- Oral History
Lee Worsley and Paul Hagen represent the modern distribution era with their music wholesale business in the United Kingdom—a business formed after the advent...
Horst Wittner
- Oral History
Horst Wittner’s grandfather, Gustav Wittner, formed a precision mechanical factory for the production of metronomes in 1895.
Bob Wiley
- Oral History
Bob Wiley’s father opened a small music store in Kansas in the mid 1930s and specialized in steel guitars.
Laurie Westell
- Oral History
Mr. Laurie Westell was just 21 years old when he began working in the music products industry.
Bill Tregoe
- Oral History
Bill Tregoe drove over 1,300,000 miles over the 35 years that he was a sales rep for CG Conn and later King Musical Instruments.
Toots Thielemans
- Oral History
Toots Thielemans enjoyed an incredible career as both a jazz guitarist and a jazz harmonica player.
Vijay Talwar
- Oral History
Vijay Talwar’s father sold wood in India, and when Vijay began working for his father as a teenager they noticed an increase in
Van Schipper
- Oral History
Van Schipper is a guitar luthier who has enjoyed embracing the roots of his craft. As a student of guitar building, he sought the advice of others with a mind...
Dick Rumore
- Oral History
Dick Rumore has done it all in the music products industry. He has been a retailer for over 40 years, forming Paragon Music in Tampa, FL.
Kathy Peck
- Oral History
Kathy Peck spent her youth laying down the bass lines for some of the most innovative punk music in the San Francisco Bay Area during the 1970s a
Gus Pearson
- Oral History
Gus Pearson began his long and successful career as a sales rep for Wurlitzer back in 1966. He remained with the company until 1981 and has often related his...
Victor Pavona
- Oral History
Victor Pavona’s family worked in the steel mills of Ohio, beginning with his grandfather who immigrated to the United States from Italy. Victor was the first...
Carole Ozanian
- Oral History
Carole Ozanian has been surrounded by music her entire life.
Kline Locher
- Oral History
Kline Locher was one of the good old veteran piano salesmen who travelled the great one-lane highways of America before the advent of the blessed
Richard Loberg
- Oral History
Richard Loberg worked for the Schmitt Music store for nearly his entire working career. The company was formed in 1896 in Minneapolis, largely as a piano store...
Larry Leberte
- Oral History
Larry Leberte was proud of his family’s history in music retail. Larry’s grandfather opened a small music retail shop just after the Great Depression hit the...
Albrecht Kretzschmann
- Oral History
Albrecht Kretzschmann was the vice president of sales for JA Musik in Germany and played an important role in the company’s expansion into the gl
Jerry Kovarsky
- Oral History
Jerry Kovarsky was the product/brand manager at KORG for over 15 years.
Alberto Kniepkamp
- Oral History
Alberto Kniepkamp engineered many of the electronic organs produced by the Lowrey Organ Company in the 1970s and 80s. Alberto took an active role in the...
Bernard Kalban
- Oral History
Bernie Kalban was one of the great veterans of the music publishing industry.